CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN-Free Report), Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO-Free Report), Facebook (Nasdaq:FB-Free Report), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT-Free Report) and Google (Nasdaq:GOOGL-Free Report).
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Here are highlights from Tuesday's Analyst Blog:
Technology Stock Roundup
Amazon's (Nasdaq:AMZN-Free Report) Twitch acquisition and Cisco's (Nasdaq:CSCO-Free Report) strong growth in servers helped share prices last week.
Amazon Grabs Twitch
Amazon outbid Google to acquire gaming platform Twitch for $970 million in cash and roughly another $40 million in retention-related payouts. The company has been spending heavily on content and customer acquisition as technology has brought about a sea change in consumption habits and platforms. Therefore, just as the digital consumption patterns of books, video and music prompted it to invest in platforms, content and people to develop suitable technologies, so also is the case for gaming.
The Twitch acquisition has helped on both counts, as it brought on board 55 million monthly active users watching "billions of minutes of games." Twitch users are usually avid gamers watching video clips of games for entertainment or to learn new techniques. Therefore the customer base is sticky and growing.
This provides Amazon space to serve related product ads that could get them to spend on Amazon. It could also be used to attract them to Prime memberships, which comes with its own share of benefits. Amazon has a game studio where it is trying to create original gaming content so Twitch could be just the place to market what it makes, among other things.
H-P Retains Top Server Vendor Position
Facebook Introduces Keyword Search
Facebook (Nasdaq:FB-Free Report) is testing a tool that could allow users to search all the unstructured content (comments, likes, pictures, video) intended for them by simply typing relevant keywords. The company has been indexing all the user-generated content, which is expected to make this possible.
The broader implication is of course the possibility that the company could get into the search market, but this seems like a distant possibility right now. Facebook's search agreement with Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT-Free Report) Bing remains in place and the company's graph search has met with lukewarm response. It also has privacy watchdogs nipping at its heels.
In contrast, Google (Nasdaq:GOOGL-Free Report) remains the unquestioned leader in the search market with the best results and speed. Moreover, it continues to innovate.
Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free.
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